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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cheri do instead of returning home the next day?
(a) Buys a new car.
(b) Tries to find Lea.
(c) Goes to the track.
(d) Stays with Desmond.

2. How does Cheri relate to Edmee?
(a) He has moments when he loves her.
(b) He withholds himself from her.
(c) He won't have anything to do with her.
(d) He is crazy about her.

3. Who essentially raised Cheri?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Neighbors.
(c) Relatives.
(d) Servants.

4. How does Lea know Patron?
(a) He is a former lover.
(b) He is her gardener.
(c) He is her driver.
(d) He is her accountant.

5. Which of the following does Lea NOT realize?
(a) Cheri has grown up.
(b) Cheri is in love with her.
(c) Cheri is married.
(d) Cheri will no longer be in Lea's life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cheri notice one night while walking near Lea's house?

2. How does Cheri behave when he sees Edmee wearing the pearl necklace?

3. What does Lea admit to herself about Cheri?

4. How old is Lili, the aging courtesan?

5. In what city does CHERI begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of pearls to Cheri?

2. Why are Cheri and Edmee at odds over the state of their marriage?

3. What is the setting for CHERI?

4. How does Cheri learn that Lea is home from her trip?

5. Describe some of the interpersonal dynamics in Madame Peloux's house while Cheri and Edmee live there.

6. Why is Cheri so unwilling to return to his home?

7. Describe the encounter Cheri has with Ernest at Lea's house.

8. Describe the scene in which Cheri finds Edmee going through his personal papers.

9. Why does Lea have such a marked reaction to the garden party and what does she do as a result?

10. How does the relationship between Lea and Cheri begin?

(see the answer keys)

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